1998 - BJM and Dandy releases have us jonesing to get back to the West coast (not to mention the joys of a Michigan winter) |
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The 5th Dimension
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We had an extra CD
to kill in one of those Columbia House deals and, digging the
retro cover art of this disc, decided to get it. Now mind you,
we vaguely remember old 5th Dimension albums hanging around the
parents record collection. But we couldn't place a particular
tune for the life of us. But one listen to Up, Up, and Away brought
it all back ..... How hot is that tune? |
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The Dandy Warhols
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Purveyors of that
West Coast Dronepop sound, their tunes are laden with effects
heavy guitar, straight up rhythms and some jawharp thrown in for
good measure. An added bonus, try to find Joel (BJM tambourine
player) on the Dandy's CD sleeve. |
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The Brianjonestown Massacre
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Arguably the best
BJM disc, but they were already
in the tunefilter Hall of Fame... more |
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Air
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We hit one of the
hipper music stores in one of the un-hipper suburbs in search
of either the new Brian Jonestown Massacre CD or this one... more |
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Spiritualized
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For variety during
the work week, sometimes we'll put this one in before OK Computer...
more |
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1997 - tunefilter moves HQ to from San Francisco to Detroit |
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Radiohead
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Yeah, this made just
about everyone's list for best CD of 1997 - but for good reason.
Take one listen to Exit Music (For A Film) - as bittersweet
as listening to Liz Copeland's 12 - 5am WDET shift while struggling
through page 255 of 800 of a boring textbook from a boring class
from a degree that will never end (okay, that's enough of a graphic
of our weekday nights). |
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre
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This is one of four
CDs that BJM released in 1996 in between their club performances
/ bar
brawls... more |
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Luna
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We've been hanging
with Luna since their first CD, Lunapark in 1992. Even dabbled
with some Galaxy 500, which hasn't paid off too high on the dividends
we might add. This isn't their best CD. However, a pretty good
Luna CD is better than most group's best CD. |
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Austin Powers
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This soundtrack is
as groovy as Austin Powers himself. If you enjoyed the movie,
or, like ours, your living room is surrounded by lush green and
burgundy velvet floor to ceiling drapes, is lit by candles and
a rotating disco ball, and you have spent martini glasses and
bottles of wine everywhere, this soundtrack is a must. |
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Big Night Soundtrack |
This CD is to Italian
food what the Austin Powers soundtrack is to groovy... more |
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The Apples in Stereo
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Pure, 100%, power
POP! Unfortunately, "pop" has a bad connotation nowadays as it's
become a synonym for "popular" - and we all know that popular
music is mostly crap! This is the new POP! POP as in happy, catchy
melodies with guy-girl harmonies and plenty of tambourines, hand
claps and finger snaps. |
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